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CARYL CHESSMAN, wh'o is under death sentence at San
Quentin and whose execution was stayed for - sixty days
by recent • action of Governor EDMUND G. (PAT) BROWN of
California, has been very much in the news lately.
' Enclosed is a clipping from the "San Diego Tribune"
2-17-60 giving the background on CHESSMAN'S crimes. -
It js interesting, to note that the article plays up
| the’ fact that CHESSMAN started his life of crime as
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1948, has, his eighth date with’
death in the gas chamber Fri-
day, IP/ 2 year* laler. Whof’s
the background of. the bizarre
cost? What are its most amaz -
ing highlights? Here in a two-
part series ore some of the
answers.
»y IIAROLD V. STREETER
SAN QUENTIN (&) — In
1P37, when the United
States was shaking off the
effects of a depression, a
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three wardens, Clinton
Duffy, Harley 6. Teets, and
Fred R. Dicksdi.
Done so well with his writ-
ing that he’s* made more
than $150,000 in royalties.
Been dunned for back
taxes * dh income .acquired
in the death house. > *.
Had his first boQk —
“Cell 2455, Death . Row” <-
made into a movie.
Baffled a prison system
geared to guard against it
by smuggling out 'manu-
scripts of two more*, 'Trial
bv Ordeal” and “The* Face
! 6-year-old boy's theft of a , \ of Justice
car in Glendale, drew no.-
attention beyond- a routino
police report. It happened
all the time.
But this particular car
theft was the beginning of
; a fantastic criminal case.
' Thcthief was Caryl Whit-
' riprfehessman.
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Now 38, his last date with
death in the gas. chamber
v. as postponed Oct. 21, 1959,
by the Supreme Court of the
United States. The con-
demned marauder of Los
Angeles lovers’ lanes has:
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Cars became a penchant
with him. Before he could
be brought into * court for
that first Glendale car theft,
he stole another. He was
sent to a juvenile forestry
camp.
Camp Escape Told
He escaped and resumed
stealing. Sent to ’Preston
School of Industry, foe was
paroled after eight months
\ and stole another car.
A year more in Preston,
then parole , and again a
car theft, ke served three
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months, was released, then
n wl‘ oil sewn execution Igot into big trouble.'-
Beaten 01 . * In February, 1941, when
r fL , through a half doz- jiie was 19, Chessman was
l-iwvers, some who said 1 arrested with two other
la y „ j— — «« f«r, lyouths on charges which in-
cluded attempted murder. A
guilty plea to three armed
robberies sent him to San
Quentin under .sentence of
1 16 years t o lifer**'
He Flees Chino
Transferred to Chino, he
escaped in 1943 end plunged
into robbery an i car theft.
Another four;, years in
prison, then in 1947,
preceded the lovers’ lane
terrorism of January, 1948.
On the night of Jan. 22
of that year, Mary Alice
Meza, 17, was parked in a
car with a young man in
an isolated spot. A car’s
red spotlight flashed sud-
denly in their startled faces.
Slaying Threat Reported
The gpnman said he
would kill them unless the
girl came with him. He re-
peated the threat to her out „
in the darkness when she
protested against demands
she perform an act of sex
perversion. Only when the
gun was pressed against her
did she comply. y
The gunman then forced | .
the girl to disrobe and made jj am- nTrrn tt \?”p* T T Hr 1 rpp t ljt *
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Chessman was convicted
in the Mary Alice Meza
case and also of a similar
crime against another
young woman. The viola-
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in which there is bodily '
harm. This is punishable
by the death penalty
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2 COR. 11.30; "If I must boast, I will boast of the things which show my weakness."
2 COR. 1^.9 and j. 0; "but (the Lord) said to me, '!-(y grace is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness.' I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses that
tne power of Christ may rest upon me-. For the sake of Christ, then, I am. content with weak
n^-ses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities: for when I am weak, then I am
strong."
. w orld of men, it has been said that "the best defense is a rood offense." This
axiom is very widely accepted, we all know. V’e apply it to football teams, to contract
ri.ge, oo the trying of cases in courts of law, to our military preparedness program, to
almost all areas of endeavor. The concept even has produced theories in psychiatric diag-
nosis where a person with an aggressive behavior pattern is sometimes said to be really
"covering up" an inferiority complex.
In the part of the 2nd Letter to the Corinthians, from which our Epistle of the Day
and our texts are taken, St. Paul is defending himself and his role of authority. Appar-
ently some self-styled apostles had come to the church in Corinth during St. Paul's absence
and had laid claim to certain authority. St. Paul takes his stand with two goals in mind:
1st, to protect the Corinthians from the usurpation of authority by those false apostles;
and, ^r;d , to f -re serve among tnem the pure doctrine he had taught.
Kith regard to the latter, we are reminded of our Lord's Parable of the Sower and the
Seeds, which is our Gospel of the Day. The Corinthian Christians have been at least in
pcii t like the plants that grew by the wayside, like those which grew upon the rocks and
among ohe ohorns. St. Paul chides the Corinthians for letting false doctrine deceive them
■ and displace or uproot the teaching he gave them.
out it is pj me j pally of the former goal I would have us think today: i.e., the manner
m wh ich the Apostle defends himself. We infer easily from the letter that the false
apostles had boasted of their accomplishments, their prowess, as "proofs" of their author-
ity. St. Paul first meets them on their own terms. He declares: (vs. 21 & ff) "... But
whatever anyone dares to boast of — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast of that.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. ... and etc." He goes on to
recapitulate all his credentials and to recount all that he has suffered for Christ's sake.
That was his "worldly defense." It was a good offense. In effect, the Apostle says
he will take a "back seat" with no one. His credentials and his performance are and have
been all tnat anyone could demand. He is willing to match measure for measure with any
false apostle. That, I say, was his "worldly defense." It was a good offence, really for
he dares his challengers to match his credentials and his performance. ’
Up to this point, his argument reminds us of ourselves, it seems to me. How do we re-
act to challenges which threaten us? Most of us, I think, mobilize ourselves to meet the
threat measure for measure — by argument, by aggressive action, by "worldly proofs" of one
kind or another. The truth, of course, is that seldom are such offensive tactics really
effectual, h'e do not really and thoroughly defeat the threat and we are left with* either
anger or frustration— or both.
St. somenow knew this to be so, apparently. Accordingly, he sweeps all that aside
He even called himself a fool for allowing the argument to proceed on that level: "What I an
saying," says he, "I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool, in this boastful con-
fidence; since many boast of worldly things, I toe will boast." (ch. 11, vs. 17 ) ~ But "event-
ually, he sweeps all that kind of boasting aside and reveals the secret of life which he
had found: "If I must boast, I will boast of the things which show' my weakness." Of his
greatest weakness (to which he repeatedly referred as his "thorn in the flesh") he says
that he P'j «.* ed three times to the Lord to be relieved. When those prayers did not resuit ir
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^ ^ W1 _ inipoi'tant of all Christ 5 an ^Pl^oxes : i.e., in situations
♦fraught with. what the world v?ould call greatest weakness, there can emerge vhe suungest
pen- or of God! The most pcv’erful demonstration of this paradoxical truth, oj. cc".n se, i>as
the crucifixion! In the moment of Jesus' apparently greatest weakness, onere v^.s dejaon
strated the greatest power of God! ( Despite the use of the cross as the primary s yrn <o o
the Christian Faith, Christians have found this the most difficult of all tenets, to live .
by! Yet it may be demonstrated time and again in every person's life! _
.. "I will all the more -gladly boast of my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest
upon me." St. Paul had found, through his faith in the power of Christ's grace, that as
human power v. r as of very little worth. His best .defense was not a good oij.e:i'..e y ,e
World: - s standards, but rather a willingness to be weak that grace might abound!
Kcw difficult we all find it to bury our primitive drive to fight back! now difficult
we find it to suffer our own crucifixions! People often go into their pastors' counselling
rooms bitter because of some injustice they have suffered--or bitter because of sqi.i<-^ s<-r
ious frustration in their life. If they only could see in their situation the opportunity
for spiritual growth* In these ijorn.ont'S of greatest we oKhs s s ^ of grc3.o6,^t iMpOvcncGj
because of injustice or frustration they can experience the greatest power of .God's grace.
Instead, they so often think they must fight back — against all odds!. They cling. to the*
worldlv^ standard! the best defense is a good offense. But where Christ's grace is the din-
er erae* between peace of soul and mind and bitterness or frustration, the cross and the
secret of life which St. Paul found afford the only way out.
The application of this great Christian paradox is not limited to personal crises,
however. One of the most highly charged of public issues to appear upon the stage. of con-
temner-ary life in these United States is the figure of Caryl Chess-man. Host thinking Amer-
icans are ashamed, embarrassed or frustrated by this complex affair. New the real issue in
tVs c»se is not capital punishment. Many convicted criminals have lost their lives with-
out causing an international "cause celebre." The real issue in. this particular case is
] ';v--e it presents to our judicial procedure. Something is radically wrong some-
where in that procedure when a man can live in "death row" for. 12 years and cone within
t of the gas chamber S times without the legal strings having been unravelled! This is
offense to Christian conscience and this is the challenge which is producing embarrass—
r.f-.t. jham.-e and frustration! Cur highly vaunted American judicial procedure is being
"called" into .question. Kow will we, the people of California, respond to this challenge.
V’iil we "fight back" with an ever-increasing rigidity in procedure and thus overcome our
... -v.j.. --pth a better of'?:. sc? Or will we seize the moment of our greatest weakness in
"u r i ’■ c s to see!-: God's grace and guidance in over-hauling with humane concerns the wnole
dud-ici a! process? Will we admit "our weakness that grace may abound? "For when we are weak.
then we are strong ! '
The greatest profit you and I could receive from this pre-Lenten and Lenten season is
gt realistic levels the irxlications of the Paradox of the- Cross! Ho»-> do you face
the' weaknesses, the insults, the hardships, the calamities of life? Do you fight back. by
the rules and standards of the world? Or do you believe that Christ's grace is sufficient
for vou that your power is r..ade perfect ir. weakness? St. Paul "teas oed' of his weakness
^ c l de !. g^a.t the power of Christ could rest 'upon him. Heed we ask the outcome of the con-
t rovers'.' in the Corinthian Church? He had fcunc the only kind of life worth living the
life lived under the Paradox of the Cross!
Vj-. 5 .v the stirring words of Dias l.-neeler \vcj.cox an her '-Poems of Experience:"
"Pausing a moment ere the day was dene,
V/hile yet the earth was scintillant with light,
I backward glanced. From valley, plain and height,
At intervals, where my life path had run,
Rose cross on cross ; and nailed upon eac^i one
V’as my dead self. And yet that gruesome sight
Lent sudden, splendour- to the falling night,
Showing the conquests that my soul had won.
Up to the rising stars I looked and cried,
"There is no death! For year on year re-born
I wake to larger life: to joy more great.
So many times have I been crucified.
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• -’reprieve of Caryl Chessman last Thursday has
been cleared up or modified, for most Californians,
by Governor Brown's statement about it.
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come his throwing back into its hands an issue
‘ disposed of a year ago when it refused to impose
a moratorium on the death penalty. To assume,
as Brown did, from the preponderance of his cor-
respondence calling for clemency for Chessman,
that the majority of people favor an end to capital
,, punl; Went, is 1 o' make s long leap in logic and
v h,.5iiy Into o' sUme wall. Polls of opinion,
' r/WL'' hi"' our. own CWnide Poll of last spring.
. Wiiivjun 5 Vi to 4 against abolition of capital
punishment, do not appear to bear out his belief
that the public is with the abolitionists.
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prieve was the Ruboltom telegram from the State
Department telling what President Eisenhower
might be up against in Montevideo if the execution
were carried out. We believe most people join
Senator Fulbright. chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, in finding it ’‘very disturb-
ing” that American justice can be “pressured by
incipient mobs of students in a small Latin Amer-
ican country,” students whose presumptuousness
is probably equalled only by their ignorance of the
Chessman -ease.
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Is the status of American society so insecure,
many people have lately asked themselves, as to
be swerved from justice by considerations of its
public relations effects? Are we so fearful of
world opinion that, 'j'j r ^ep our own laws?
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ponent of capital punishment has been weighed
down by the Chessman case, seemed only too eager
to 'have the State Department provide him with
an excuse for stopping the march of lawful proc-
esses. The Rubottom telegram’s intentions have,
however, never been made clear. Was it or
.wasn’t it a Write House request to keep the coast
clear while the President was on tour?
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might, be up against in ^Jtevideo if the execution
were carried out.. We^fueve most people join
Senator Fuibright, chairs? J‘ of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, in finding it "very disturb- -
ing” that American justice can be “pressured by
incipient mobs of students in a small Latin Amer-
ican country,” students whose presumptuousness |
is probably equalled only by their ignorance of the . j
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Is the status of American society so insecure, -j
many people have lately asked themselves, as to
be swerved from justice by considerations of its 5
public relations effects? Are we so fearful of -S
world opinion thaUf" ^d^-rtep our own laws? j -
Governor Browii, whose conscience as an op-
ponent oi capital punishment has been weighed
down by the Chessman case, seemed only too eager
to have the State Department provide him with
an excuse for stopping the march of lawful proc-
esses. The Ku bottom telegram's intentions have,
however, never been made clear. Was it or
. vasn t it a While House request to keep the coast
clear while the President was on tour?
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rant whatever for reprieving Chessman to allow a
resiibmissiOii of the capital punishment issue to the
Legislature, and that so far as the State Depart-
ment telegram goes, he should have issued merely
a brief, 24-hour reprieve in order to find out if
the ' telegram expressed a g
dc=ir_e for a halt of the execution.
As things stand, the issue is in confusion, the
processes of law in Death Row are at a standstill,
and many citizens feel acutely embarrassed at the
pass of affairs. That Chessman himself, his alter-
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do not share this concern does not lessen its acute- ‘
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to pursue the due process of law; he has success- j
fully carried on a delaying action for 11 vears. •
Some think this a burlesque of justice; others con- #
sicier it an evidence of how scrupulous our system ?
is' to give the individual his due. But if it is a j
"cruel and unusual” process, it could have been \
made less cruel and unusual at any time by the )
execution of the defendant. Presumably he is satis-
fied to have his 11 years strung out by another
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out of the situation that will exist after the Legis-
lature declines, a? no doubt it will, to abolish cap-
ita! punLhmenc? Will he enforce the law of the
courts or will he find a new basis for reprieve?
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There is talk of placing capital punishment's
future on an initiative petition for a vote of the
If the State is to avoid further
mis; n t e rp r e t a t ion of
its sovereign will is, such a vote of the
people in Novembc!
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CHESSMAN and. to eliminate capital punishment. She stated that
she has personally contacted an Assistant Secretary of state
•;nd Governor BROWN of California ri- yud i,; - the ooFtsF/.K
Sue mas rearm-nniblo fc» v; *cirealafcin/^ petition V Paris ... For-
te the last date set for the execution of CHESSMAN, which
.petition was forwarded to the Governor of California. She
stated that her ov it :- n* '..at i on i r*t<v,ds to do evervt’ ' o~ no.-’ • * M
to <Us0durr*2O the execution of CHESSMAN between" new and the
next; da*^ set for his execution. she stated that thorn is
some indication that if CHESSMAN should change his plea from
’'not-pgui'l/ty t! to "guilty” that he would not be sentenced to
death.-. <-$hc requested! advice as ter the correctness *,f tM *
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competent to comment .oy -this point and has no rhsronsibil ity
or authority whatsoever in the CHESSMAN case. She vos advisrf;.
that the CHESSMAN case’ is completely an affair of the State of
California and that the- Feocral Government has - .no power or *
authority to intervene in any way. !
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and. is merely- seeking technical advice." She asked to be
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CARYL CHESSMAN, MISCELLANEOUS INFO CONCERNING. REPHONE CALLS FROM SAN
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SIXTY. FILE OF CHESSMAN AT SAN QUENTIN REFLECTS BURt.AU IS IN
POSSESSION OF° COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION RECORD OF CHESSMAN UNDER FBI NO.
ONE THREE FIVE THREE THREE SIX ZERO. IDENT RECORD SHOWS DATES AND
PLACES OF ALL ARRESTS AS WELL AS CHARGE AND DISPOSITION IN EACH CASE.
IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT MLIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY HAS NO RECORD -
PERTAINING TO CHESSMAN INASMUCH AS YOUTH AUTHORITY NOT ESTABLISHED IN
CALIF. UNTIL NINETEEN FORTYONE. RECORDS OF PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY, ;
IONE, CALIF. Which is northern California juvenile detention institution
CONSISTS SOLELY OF THREE BY FIVE CARD AND THEIR FILE ON CHESSMAN HAS ^
BEEN DESTROYED. INSTANT THREE BY FIVE CARD REFLECTS' ONLY FOLLOWING- f-
INFORMATICN.- CHESSMAN WAS COMMITTED AT ACE SIXTEEN ON SEPT. SIX, THIRTY-
SEVEN FOR AUTO THEFT. ON SuL NINE, THIRTYEICHT THE FOLLOWING ? . y ? .
NOTAWON WAS PLACED ON CARE QUOTE ORDER OF COURT"uNQUOTE'. tMfcWJATION,
FROM FOLLOWING OTHER DATA ON CARD INDICATES THg THIS WAS * ■
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DISCHARGE. WAS DUE TO A PAROLE OR COMPLETION OF SENTENCE. RECORD FURTHER
INDICATES THAT ON JUNE EIGHTEEN, THIRTYEIGHT, CHESSMAN WAS RECOMMIlTED
TO PRESTON BY ORDER OF COURT, REASON NOT STATED. RECORD ALSO REFLECTS
HE WAS PAROLED FROM PRESTON ON JUNE THREE, THIRTYNINE AND WAS DISCHARGEE
FROM PAROLE ON FEBRUARY ONE, NINETEEN FORTY. FILE OF CHESSMAN AT .SAN
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FORTYEIGHT FOLLOWING CHES.SMAN-S ARREST BY WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, PD
AT REQUEST OF LOS ANGELES PD ON JANUARY TWENTYTHREE, FORTYEIGHT.
FOLLOWING THIS ARREST HE WAS TRIED AND CONVICTED 'IN LOS ANGELES
AND ON JULY. THREE, FORTYEIGHT WAS RETURNED' TO SAN QUENTIN PRISON
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WHICH DEATH SENTENCE WAS GIVEN. ABOVE INFORMATION .IS ALL AVAILABLE
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Enclosed for the Bureau is a copy of a cumulative case
summary of CARYL CHESSMAN, which is maintained at San Quentin
Prison, Calif. It will be noted that this record contains the
arrest record of CHESSMAN, the circumstances of the offenses
involved . in his adult criminal violations, the proceedings at
the sentencing .of CHESSMAN, social data concerning CHESSMAN
taken from the Probation Officer's report, his social history
prepared at the San Quentin Prison by the psychiatric social
worker, a neuropsychiatric report on CHESSMAN, his medical
history and comments concerning him by the warden and chaplain at
San Quentin.
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I have been informed that convicted killer Caryl Chessmrrn / / / ^
has recently completed a^aev/ book entitled as above. It is be inf;
published by one Jlili?.p^Messnei* whose place of business is unknown,
with the Agent representing Chessman in the sale of the book as
Joscpiviongstreth of Richmond, Indiana. 4 - A
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of Gan Quentin Prison, was involved in
previous investigation to determine the means by which other manuscripts
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confidentially advised that the manuscript is already lnThc bands of
the publisher and is supposed to be released to the public in the
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of Caryl Chessman; a summary,- of the legal developments in his case, and a detailed
analysis "oF"his criminal record with particular attention being paid to all_instan ces
wherein Chessman received paroles. /?. !
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In compiling this information, we have checked all available sources,/ 1 /
The sources included Chessman’s FBI identification record, which is under /•' *
FBI #1353360; records, of San Quentin Prison in California where Chessman is.
confined; available records at the Preston School of Industry, lone, California,
where Chessman was confined in the late 1930’s and which is the Northern California
Juvenile Detention Institution. Wo have also reviewed the flood of recent public
source material on this case including the current feature story in the March 21, <
1960, issue of ’’Time" magazine.
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’Caryl Whittier Chessman was born May 27, 1921, at St.
Michigan, as Carol Chessman. He was the only child born to Whittier and
Hallie Chessman. He attended school in Los Angeles and completed the twelfth
grade in high school. Prison records reflect that he is of the Baptist faith but
has never attended church regularly.
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On 8-8-40, he married one Lucy Gaylord in Las Vegas, Nevada. .
This marriage h as now been dissolved. Chessman has never served in the military
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Chessman has been confined to the death row in San Quentin Prison in —
. California since 1948 awaiting a sentence of death for kidnaping - robbery.
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During this 12-year period, his fight to avoid execution has become
known throughout the world and is currently serving as a focal point for those advocating
the abolishment of capital punishment. Chessman has studied law while in prison and ^
h as personally handled many of his appeals and other legal maneuvers.
Chessman reputedly possesses high intelligence and in one test given
to him, fie achieved an intelligence quotient of 172 and was rated a ’’g enius^’’
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While confined to San Quentin, Chessman has written several books
concerning his case. The manuscripts for these books were smuggled out of the
prison in some cases by his attorneys. Perhaps the best known of his books is
’’Cell 2455 - Death Row” which was a ”best seller,” and it was subsequently made
into a movie. His other books are ’’Trial by Ordeal, ” "The Face of Justice” and
’’Obsession.” The last named, according to ’’Time” magazine, ‘is a novel which was
first published in Europe and is scheduled for publication in the United States next month
CHESSMAN’S CRIME:
In January, 1948, Los Angeles Police were baffled by a bandit
described as ’’completely heartless” who, in a 20-day period, committed numerous
robberies and sex atrocities.
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Robbery of a shoe store.
Theft of an automobile
Robbery of a man who was driving along a highway
Robbery of a man parked in an isolated area with
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Robbery of a man parked in an isolated area with a
woman companion; robbery and kidnaping of the
woman and sexual perversion against her.
Attempted robbery of a man and girl parked in an
isolated place;
* Attempted robbery of a man parked in an isolated
place; kidnaping of his female companion;
attempted rape of this girl; and sexual perversion
against her. This is the 17-year-old child who,
suffered a complete mental breakdown following
the indignities heaped upon her by Chessman and
who is still confined to a California mental
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Robbery of the owner of a clothing store; robbery
of the clerk; kidnaping of the store owner with
bodily harm; and kidnaping of the store clerk.
It was the two kidnap cases on January 19 and 22 which resulted in the .
death sentence for Chessman. Cpmplete details on the crimes committed by
Chessman during his 20-day rampage are contained in a summary prepared by
San Quentin Prison authorities which was obtained by the San Francisco Office on a
confidential basis from San Quentin and forwarded to the Bureau by airtel 3-18-60.
Details of these crimes are not being included in this memorandum in view of their
obscene nature. • •
THE LEGAL BATTLE:
Following his arrest and conviction on 17 charges growing out of the
j 20 -day crime spree in January, 1948, Chessman was sentenced to death and on
I July 5, 1948, was received' in th§ death row at San Quentin Prison.
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On 12-18-51, the death sentence was first. confirmed by the California-
Supreme Court and Chessman’s application for rehearing was denied. The original
execution date was set for 3-28-52. On 2-19-52, the California Supreme Court. granted
the first stay of execution for Chessman pending final action on his bid to the United
States Supreme Court for review.
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This was the first of eight reprieves from death he has received to date,-.
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On March 31, 1952, Chessman's application to the Supreme Court of the
United States for’a review of his. case was denied.
‘The foregoing steps represented Chessman’s opening maneuvers in his
1 12-year fight to avoid execution.* * In that period, he has carried over a dozen petitions
to the United States Supreme Court. plus numerous .writs and petitions which he has
poured into lower courts. One of 'these petitions, a request for a ’’writ of habeas
corpus" was written by Chessman in pencil and delivered to the court on 11 sheets of
toilet tissue.
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MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
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Chessman was scheduled to die on 2-19-60.
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Chessman clemency. On the same day, the United States Supreme Court turned down
his appeal. ...
\ Ten hours before the 10 a. m. , 2-19-60 execution date, Governor Brown
lof California granted Chessman a stay of 60 days.
| May 2, 1960, has now been set as the date of Chessman’s execution.
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In granting the stay of execution on 2-19-60, Governor Brown claimed .
! that his decision was influenced by a telegram he received from the United States
i State Department. This telegram pointed out that the American Ambassador in ■■ *
Montevideo, Uruguay, had been advised by the National Council of the Governmem cf .
Uruguay of its great concern over anticipated hostile demonstrations by student element:
and others when President Eisenhower visited Uruguay 3-2-60 if Chessman was to be
[executed. (It is. noted Chessman.was reprieved and President ‘Eisenhower, nevertheless
‘was greeted by certain hostile demonstrations in Uruguay. )
’ Uruguay, however, was not the only country which protested Chessman’s
planned ‘execution. Brazil expressed concern and petitions with thousands of signatures
were received from many countries requesting mercy for the condemned man.
Editorials criticizing the execution appeared in newspapers in almost every country
* in Europe. In the United States, there were demonstrations of protest and telephone
calls, letters and telegrams poured into Governor Brown's office.
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At the time he announced the stay of execution, Governor Brown
indicated he would ask the California State Legislature, in special session, to ,
abolish capital punishment. Gov.enor Brown has expressed his personal opposition
to such punishment. .
Immediately following the stay of execution. Chessman sent a 7000- ,,
word letter to the Governor, which was delivered by a California Highway Patrolman,
in which Chessman stated he is willing to die if it would ease the way for the abolition
of capital punishment.
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In connection with the growing crescendo of those who desire clemency
Ijjfor Chessman, ’’Time’s’ 1 story points out that following Governor Brown’s stay of
execution and while the California Legislature was in session conducting its hearing
on capital punishment, an auto caravan pulled into Sacramento bringing 384 University
of California faculty signatures on a petition urging abolition of capital punishment.
A rodeo rider, billed as a ’’minuteman, ’’ rode a horse from San Francisco to
Sacramento picking up save-Chessman signatures. An unemployed schoolteacher namec
Norbert Nicholas went on a save-Chessman hunger strike. Demonstrators picketed,,
the California Chpitol Building carrying signs ’’stop institutionalized murder”- and "love,
not hate. ” A song has been written and released nationally called "The Ballad of
Caryl Chessman” which contains the mornful urging, "Let him live, let him live, let
him live I” This frenzy has spread across the seas and in the Netherlands, a
recording in Dutch called ’’The Death Song of Chessman” has become popular. An
Argentina newspaper has called the Chessman case ’’the most terrible case that has -
faced the world in recent history. ”
PRIOR CR IMINAL R ECORD:
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In July, 1937, Chessman who was then'll was arrested by Los Angeles*
police for burglary and auto theft. In August, 1937, prior to sentencing on this charge,
he escaped from* custody while undergoing a medical examination. He was arrested
shortly after this escape in the act of robbing a drugstore.
On September 6,’ 1937, he was committed to the Preston School of
Industry as a result of this arrest. . Currently available records at that school disclose
that Chessman was released 4-9-37 by "order of court." The record does not indicate
j whether this release was due to parole or upon completion of sentence. Some
newspaper accounts have reflected that Chessman was actually released on parole at
this time. .
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In May, 1938, he was again arrested for burglary and auto theft. On
6-13-38, he was sentenced to Preston School of Industry and was recommitted there*
on 6-18-38. On 6-3-39, hejvas paroled. Preston records disclose that he was
discharged from this parole on 2-1-40.
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geliis polio c as an automobile thief. A California judge was impresse d
However, in November, 1939, Chessman was arrested by
by Chessman's plea on his own behalf to the effect that he was filled with " a sense
of repulsion at all things, criminal, including myself -for having become insnared in
the brutal grip during my formative years. "• Chessman was p lac ed on probation at
this time. .. ’
theft. After being found guilty, .he was committed to San Quentin to begin serving a
term of 5 years to life. In May, ,19 43, he was tranferred to the California Institution
for Men at Chino, California, hi August, 1943, he escaped from this institution but
was apprehended shortly thereafter at Glendale, California. He was returned to
San Quentin in January, 1944, after having been found guilty and sentenced to
additional jail terms for offenses committed while he was an escapee. In August, 1945,
he was transferred to the State Prison at Represa, California. On December 8, 1947,
he was released on parole.
jby Los Angeles police on January 23, 1948, on suspicion of robbery. He was-
ultimately tried and convicted on 17 of 18 charges which included burglary, sexual
perversion, kidnaping for the purpose of robbery, attempted robbery, and attempted
rape. His conviction of these charges resulted in the death sentence for two
kidnapings for the purpose of robbery.
• In February, 1941, he was arrested for robbery, kidnaping and grand
^hilfijgyrupajcole, he undertook the vicious r spree which led to his arrest
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;*•! ATTORNEYS FOR CONDEMNED CCNVI COAUTHOR CA RYL C HESSMAN TODAY WIPED THr
^CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ASKING FOR A NEW STAY CfTmUTION WHILE.
1CHESSMAN ’ S CASE IS APPEALED TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT FOR THE 16TH
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THE MOVE WAS MADE BY ATTORNEYS A.L. WIRIN, CHIEF COUNSEL FOP THE
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ASHER OF SACRAMENTO, CALIF. .
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regarding reported plan of assassination of President Eisenhower,
IS - Algeria, wherein it was claimed that the Governor of California
has been notified and that the VTarden of San’ Quentin (Prison) would
receive a notice of the planned assassination.
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RA3TATT — A mysterious note to the criminal Police Dept.
in Jvarlsruhe indicated that an attempt to" harm the President
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The writer also stated that a bomb will be resorted
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to that, the writer of that note states with the fact tnat the
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also taking the occasion to ridicule the U.5.A.
It is further emphasized no bad thoughts or feelings
are intended, against Germans this being the reason why such a .
note was directed to them.
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.Committee has decided to destroy Eisenhower • even if it means
( the consequences of suffering losses of its own, should
Chessman’ s '.sentence not be reduced t.o 15 years.
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Attentat auf .Eisenhower angckund gt
RAS^ATT (Eig. Beridit) — Ein myster bses
Schreipen an die KriminalpoHzei in Karlsruhe
vi ; ndi?te am Donnersfag ein Attentat auf* den US-
'rasidenten Dwight Eisenhower wahrend der
'V* riser Gipfelkonferenz an. In dem Schreiben,
t.s in Raslatt zur Post gegeben und als Absender
d:o algerische Befreiungsfront* nennt, wird gesagt,.
:.jB wahrend der Gipfelkonferenz in Paris ein
Somben-Attentat auf den PrSsidenten der Ver-
' inigten Staaten gcplant sei. „Tau.send deutsche
■Jorhandgranaten aus Beslanden der ehemaligen
Vchrmacht, ICO Moschinenpistolen uqd. mchrcre
*»undcrt Pistolen einschlieGlich der dazugenorigen
'U:nition stehen bereit. das Leben des airverika-
. ischten- PrSsidenten auszulfrschen* 4 , heifit
;em fechreiben wortlich. Die Frage, warum
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nluprten die Absender mit der Feststellun
>ie mit den Franzqsen sowieso auf KriegsfuC
♦ebon und den Amerikaneriv etns auswisclicn
vohen. Gegen die Deutschen hatten sie nichts.
v'Jerade deshaib .wende *ich die Befreiungsfront an
'•ino deutsche. Behorde, weil eie nicht wolle, daB
< inem Deutschen etwas geschehe, wenn auf Eisen-
hower der Anschlag v.eriibt werde. Die Kriminal-
nolizei in Karlsruhe wird aufgeCordert, etwas zu
riternehmen, daG sich afle ^Deutschen wahrend
ier Gipfelkonferenz aus Paris entfernen. Zum
SchluB heiBt es *in einer Anspieiung auf den Fall
Chessman, daB das geheime algerische Komptee
besdifossen habe f ' Eisenhower ohne Rucksicht jauf
•'igeni ; Verluste auszuloschen, wenn Chessman
nirbt zu 15 Jahren Zuchthaus begnadigt werdei
Die [Kriminalpolizei in Karlsruhe betrachtet die-
res Schreiben, das abschriftlich audi der Redak-
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THE ALGER iA/i/ Fi OTHER
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FROM SAC, SAN FRANCISCO •
UNSUB,' BOMB THREAT WESTERN AIRLINES F L 1 C 5 lU S 5^Sf^V»^ * S C
fc^ALlFORNIA, APRIL TWO TWO, ONE NINE SIX ZERO. -DAW? WR£» ^ALSE REPOR
£NItrEAREN . CARYL WHITTIgC cHESSWAN KEREN (aWAITING EXECUTION SAN QUENTi.
STATE PRISION MAY TWO, NEXl) PfflftBftBEM . INFORMATION CONCERNING. 'RE
LA TEL APRIL TWO THREE, SIXTY ON DAMV CASE. SA NEWS DASH CALL /BULLETIN
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APRIL TWO FIVE, INSTANT,’- CARRIES ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CHESSMAN-S. ATTORNEY,
GEORGE T. DAVIS, HAS PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR'S' CLEMENCY SECRETARY A
JUJfiJE *-P : R I me suspect'Wot: as the ,cb«e , 'red light bandit'Wote :•
EOR WHOSE CRIMES CARYL CHESSMAN WAS SENTENCED TO DIE. DAVIS CLAIMS .
TO HAVE. OHSiK ''DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE UNtTUOTE CHESSMAN IS INNC.CENT OF
CRIMES .EOR WHICH HE WAS SENTENCED TO DIED THAT THIS EVIDENCE WAS .
GATHEREDBY MILTON MACHLIN AND WILLIAM WOODFIELD OF ARGOSY MAGAZINE .
AND WILLIAM LINHART, PRIVATE DECTECTIVE WORKING. FOR CHESSMAN. •' IN-
FORMATION CONCERNING THESE THREE IS SET FORTH IN. LA TEL, ABOVE.. TO-
NIGHT, MACHLIN APPEARE'D.’AT ^Sp OFFICE* AND REPORTED THAT INFORMATION.
RECEIVED TODAY FROM WOODFIELD-S WIFE, RESIDENCE ONE TWO THREE THREE
SI# RYE STREET, STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA, THAT^HE RECEIVED THE.FOLLOW-
ING THREAT BY TELEPHONE FROM UNKNOWN MALE AT SIX AM APRIL.. TWO. THREE,
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THAT BOTH MATTERS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO LOCAL POLICE, THAT NO FEDERAL
VIOLATION IS INVOLVED AND THE ONLY FBI INTEREST W.OULD CONCERN ANY
POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN THE TELEPHONE THREAT AND THE BOMB THREAT, THE :
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CONSIDERED A SQUEALER” TKWOTE. MACHLIN, STATES THE -LA POLICE
CHECKED A NUMBER OF SIMILAR NAMES FROM RECORDS IN THAT DEPARTMENT
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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The "Los Angeles Mirror News", Los Angeles, California,
has recently completed a series of ten articles entitled "The
Real CHESSMAN Story" which gives a detailed account of the
activities of CHESSMAN, both in his criminal career as well '
as his legal activities since his conviction in 1947.
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.CBS RADIO NETWORK
WTOP - WASHINGTON, D. C.
9:05 p.m. to 9:50 p. rp. EDT
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Department of CBS News^- was produced by Don Kellerman with associate producers
being Philip Gittelman and Arthur Rabin. The narrator for the progra m was Howara
Smith of CBS News. This progranr was monitored by SA
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The'program opened- with a very dramatic recreation, through sound
effects, of an execution. The hollow- sounding footsteps of a condemned man were ;.c
approaching the death chamber, the heavy door slammed, cyanide pellets were heard
dropping into water and then^he bubbling effect as the pellets dissolved.
Smith then introduced -the central figure in the current controversy,
Caryl Chessman who stated that once again he is faced with death. He said he is not
anticipating it nor hoping for it and that he has no secret desire to leave this world but
gradually he has been compelled to realize what he is against. •
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The narrator then gives a brief account of the crimes which brought abcu^.
Chessman’s death sentence, leading up to the voice of one of Chessman's women vie..
This apparently was Mrs. Johnson who was suffering from infantile paralysis when • 'v -
Chessman. forced his perversions upon her. In an emotion-packed voice, this worn- .
recounted her night of terror when Chessman assaulted her. During her recital spe V
broke down, sobbing audibly.
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. The next voice heard was that of the death watch officer at San Quentin £ho
matter-of-factly recited the events of the usual last day of a condemned man. Grauhi^uV
he described the execution chamber' and the manner in which the condemned would bo C5
strapped to the chair. Sound effects were heard in the background accompanying his
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Yhe narrator then stated the big issue at stake is the death pena.^/
hat many question the morality of -it. Governor Pat Brown of California w^ t o'k..u.
he death penalty ha!3 been a gross failure and has neither protected the innoc^a^no*
eterred the wicked. He said in actual practice the death penalty is inflicted on u.a
ick, Hie poor, "the ignorant, the alcoholic, the psychotic and .racial minOAities.
. Smith, then returns to. Chessman and asks v/hy is he so important,
mentions he is a convicted author who - has written several best sellers and wno m~mLj.i..s
is innocence'. James MiHer Levy, '"who prosecuted Chessman, states he earned the deara
enalty. A1 Matthews, Chessman's defense attorney, then describes the trial pointing
ut the discrepancies in the descriptions furnished by witnesses at the time the cr-s.rr. js
/ere reported’ and the Chessman trial. He claims Chessman is not gurney and nas ujv-n
T enied due process of law because of a faulty trial transcript which contains 2, C ^ errors.
• e points out after originaT court reporter died his notes were transcribed by a ur ....... -a ~
ud is amazed an innocent man could be convicted this way. M r. Levy ansv/ois by
nat he has- no quarrel with Chessman's right to appeal. He ‘then quotes from a Supreme
Jourt Justice who, in his opinion, points out Chessman cannot escape die ViO-ten,. s*ory 4
if what he did and that the so-called errors in transcription are trifling.
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The next voice heard is that of Abraham V/inn of the American Civil
jiberties Union (ACLU) who claims 'that Chessman's execution will have an efiect
hroughout the world. He points out Chessman has been used as a pawn in a high
hternational game and was snatched from the death penalty to protect the President of^
:he United States. He feels it is not fair that any man should be used for such a purpose. .
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Governor Brown then- reads from his statement granting Chessman's
-eprieve in February giving as his reason his desire to let the California Legm. :,*c
'xpress itself once 'more on capital punishment and because of the telegram from -
State Department relative to possible repercussion in Uruguay.
• Stanley Mosk, California Attorney General, then states that the U. 3 .
Department of State lacked courage-in that instance by first doing the right thing and
>hen backing away from its position -when subject to Congressional criticism .m.d
ittempting to blame California for initiating the inquiry as to the effect Chessman's
execution would have on the President' s South American trip.
Smith, the narrator, then points ou.t that the Vice 3?resiv^3A*t Oa. um*od
States is on record 21 s favoring the death penalty. He discusses reasons way ^.is
has caused such an uproar principally because of Chessman’s brilliance ana whe
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nat people cannot understand our judicial system. Smith then starts to tracej^
>ackground and brings in a childhood* acquaintance who says she is so^*y
Lhat he had a hard background and as a youth gave every appearance of be*ng neg^v
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Father Edward Dingbcrg (phoentic), -Catholic Chaplain at San Qu* y.m,
relates that he his always found Chessman respectful and over the years has noticed a
.remendous change in him. According to Father Dingberg, Chessman has nmuuec.
to longer does he feel that it is a question of Chessman dueling with the executioners :
rather the main issue is the social service he has brought about by bringing a brigm .u^u
to bear on the death penalty.
Wirin of the ACLU then discusses "the issue and the man. " He say s
ghessman is completely rehabilitated and would be a useful person if allowed to live.
■je is against the death penalty which is not morally justified for anyone. Armur Loesucr,
n author, then states that capital punishment merely adds a second rnurcer to the -core
and does not bring the victim back to life. He says if it had r a deterrent effect, it z
be justified but he doubts it.
The narrator then introduces one Henry J. Rice whose 0*yea. - c.v. so.i
murdered by a sex criminal. Rice speaks for the death penalty. During. his tm. . - : "
obviously emotionally disturbed and on one occasion broke down and sobbed. In su^
he said people like this who take a human life were not good to anyone and should net to
made wards of the state to live off the people.
Narrator Smith points out that the death penalty is applauded by law
enforcement personnel. Chief W. H.- Parker, Los Angeles Police Department., £..—wo
that the men who arrest these people know more about the behavior of that type cf
individual than anyone else. He recounts a recent Los Angeles case when two mer.
a gun on two police* officers and could easily have killed them to make tneir escape. Lam.
one said he did not shoot the officers because he is fearful of the death penalty. Try -m
said he did not even have his gun loaded because he did not wish to iaxe the chance ^
lulling someone and subjecting himself to the possibility of execution. A Dr. SalinC.
fnhoentic). a university professor, 'disagreed with Parker and points out that recent
surveys proved that police are not protected in death penalty states.
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Smith then introduced a convicted armed robber who has admitted tv/sive
armed robberies, at least eight of which were in Michigan widen does not h.--ve ^a^it
punishment and the others were in Canada where the sentence for career car. no am.
This robber said that in his Michigan robberies he never carried an empty chamber in ml
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ail. In Canada, however, he always used an unloaded gun because he had a strong
lesire to stay alive and did not want to risk killing anyone.
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Dr. Austin McCormick, Criminologist ait the Univer sity of Cal--cr.ua,
joints out that many criminals carry toy guns in robberies so that they won’t kill
oiyone. He says that no one can tell what a criminal thinks but merely has to be
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Clinton P. Duffy, former San Quentin Warden, states he does not believe
n the death penalty since it is responsible for much of the inequality in justice. He
voints out that many are serving life terms in San Quentin for crimes equally as sen cue
is those for which others have paid.with their lives. Fred Dixon, described as Duffys
accessor at San Quentin, points out that only the poor and ignorant people and those
bout whom no one cares, usually minority groups, are executed. Ke states that money
.as its advantages. ‘Warden Duffy then recounted a story of an execution in the early iu2rs
vhen the Governor granted a reprieve on the basis of new evidence at tine very minute oi
he execution. Word of this reprieve was received at the prison isolate. Duffy iruers. J
hat an innocent man may. have died. He concludes by stating that a vast change has take?
>lace in Chessman in 15 years.
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The remainder of the program concerns itself with the reaction to the
Jhessman case throughout the world. A CBS reporter in London states that on fas
arrival there a cab driver asked him "How can you kill Carl Chester after 12 years?"
.Ie points out that he found a similar reaction everywhere he went. Ke says that the
execution of Chessman, according. to. the thinking abroad, would be the final outrage of ar. >
jutrageous case and that what happens to Chessman will be the responsibility of every •
\merican, A British Member of Parliament then states that he fails to understand how.
America can keep one man under sentence of death for so long a period. He feels t..
Chessman must be a different man and should be spared.
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decision is regarding Chessman, capital punishment is the large issue and that
Caryl Chessman has been a symbol of the dramatic quality of that issue.
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"Capital Punishment - The District Issue. " This program was handled by Scott Sucion of
CBS. U. S. Attorney Oliver Qasch cited statistics on recent first degree
indictmenl3in the District and pointed out that of 104 such indictments only o Ti v W. . M i
guilty and electrocuted. Sutton pointed out that in the District conviction for first d
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o change this ruling so that the jury. -would have the discretion of recommending du.'..:
’•f the facts warranted it. Senator Kenneth B. Keating (Republican - New Yor k, jc -vts
)ut that he is ip favOr of legislation which would require in the District the ceath ; :
'or first degree murder but give the jury the discretion of recommending lixo impri seg-
ment. Other sheUrd on this program were 'District Municipal Court Judge Hyde who
iad some doubt about the value of the death penalty and Representative Abraham . .
Democrat - New York) who opposes capital punishment on any ground. Mr. Multer
iid not commit himself on the Chessman case as it relates to the principle of capital
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asking clemency." stated that he, of course, had
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SAN FRANCISCO— CARYL CHESSMAN WAS THE FATHER OF A 17-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER WHOSE EXISTENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN DISCLOSED BEFORE, GEORGE T.
DAVIS, CHESSMAN’S" ATTORNEY, SAID TODAY.
IT WAS FEAR FOR THE LIFE OF THIS DAUGHTER, THE ATTORNEY SAID, THAT
KEPT CHESSMAN FROM DI SCLOSI-NV. THE IDENTITY OF THE "REAL RED LIGHT
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■The 45-minute documentary has already recovered its negative cost,
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second and third on the bill in
• most situations and drawing flat
... rentals from $15 to $1,000 depend- .
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— average of three or four days.
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Suits pending against Sterling
(Perse! I, William P. Hunter and
Frank P. Sanders) include oTTe for
$3,000,000 brought by Barju} In-
i. ternational, alleging Sterling
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««* s $250,000, by J. Miller
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shares liability of latter suit, and
the possible profits, on a 50-50
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Cooney. The Leavy matter was in
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Pei sell said he yanked his prints
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state except Hawaii via 30 ex-
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release. Film also is to go into jv-
lense in South America where
feeling has been strong on the
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. playout of the film in the domestic
maiket could mean controversy
over the picture is only betrinninfr.
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K ey ed ado a, used a Chessman quote- in on C~colw-<n headline on
pace one: am being executed without being. guilty," It also
reproduced a drawing of the scene of the 'e:\.oo'\t ioa done by a
new sp epernan , who was present. In' its review of Mexican reactions,
Noved a dos quoted several lawyers- and judges, most of when were
highly critical of the execution on the grounds that there must
have been eric thing wrong in a process of law that permitted so many
postponements. Some of the critics were reported as having expressed
the opinion that the United States should make revisions in its
judicial process and adapt its legal procedures to the progress
that has been nade in modern juridical science. The Key ed ados
editorial stated that the many reviews of the case and stays of
execution indicated that doubts must have existed as to Chessman’s
guilt. The public conscience, which is almost always right, was
not satisfied, it claimed , Enforcement of the law should have a
healthy influence but in this case it had the adverse effect. The
editorial saw a need for revision of 'he administration of law in
the United States, if justice is to bo respected as the protector
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read ” Chessman was Killed Like Tnis." The rest of
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consisted of. a drawing of the convict in the execution chair
being overcome by gas. La Pre nsa felt that reactions in Mexico
varied from violent criticism oi California’s judicial system to
approval of the execution as a necessary example to stop crime.
Church authorities were reported deeoly moved by the execution.
The Archbishop of Mexico, Miguel Dario MIRANDA y Gomez, refused
to make any comment other than to lower his head as if in prayer.
The Attorney General for the federal District, Lie, Fernando
ROMAN Lugo, an opponent of capital punishment, said that without
passing on the merits of the case he believed it would serve as
an example to those who tried to bo heroes through delinquency.
Many of the reactions reported by L a Prenss criticized the execu-
tion as unnecessary punishment for the crimes committed. Some
other observers, however, said that no country should criticize
the judicial acts of another. La Prensa’s editorial, after
reviewing the reasons that motivated a worldwide clamor on behalf
of the commutation of Chessman’s sentence, concludes, "But a
society cannot subordinate its justice to circumstances. Its
application must be general and unbending in order that it may
be respected.,, and that It nay fulfill and guarantee its role in
the permanent interest of society."
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first "section but full coverage sop-eared in the second section in
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"the blindness of judicial and political officials of tUc 'United States, xho have
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concerted ca* ;paiyn in. Mexico to save Ills life, such nr preceded His last shay
of execution* In the -six weeks prior to the execution, tie Knbassy had received
only three letter:; a a two telegrams from Mexican nationals arfcinr;; for the
connxtafioa of (?nee snails death sentence *
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victuals in mexmeo City characterizin' ffessma; 1 s death as n crime by American
justice. In Mexico City, a cardboard I .-oar ins* derogatory statements ar-ainst the
United States was found affixed to the ? lass doors of the Keforria Avenue
entrance to the Knhassy by trio yuards at 6:10 a. :• The Consulate at Veracruz lias
also reported that on the nornium of ??ay 3 it discovered duriny the niyht soneone
had painted inonltimy renarks i\\ red on i Is front door. In tie afternoon of
May 3, on indication of the Kmbassy, f ro 'Mexican police arrested an individual
who a few 7 days earljcr had fold a receptionist that He would kill the Ambassador
if Ohossmn ' d*j.;d. telephone call was rnc ived at f »c Embassy after the execution,
from an unidentified individual^ presumed **fo be t e same person who had spoken to
•ho receptionist earlier, statiny that lie was ready to carry out his t] ire at. Mh.cn
arrested i*i the nciy i’-orhood of . the km assy residence ho was found to be unarmed
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J^HEN Caryl Chessman finally was
executed yesterday, it had been 12
?avs (less 19 days) since a jury, which
ad an option in deciding his penalty,
oted the death sentence. Meanwhile, he
ad been granted seven court stays and
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f cap : tal punishment, personally ex-
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f robberies and kidnappings, followed
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Chessman’s criminal record dated
nek to 1937. His 1948 conviction em-
raced 17 different crimes, within 20
lys. Included were four kidnapings,
n attempted rape and two cases in
hich women were forcibly compelled to
ommit acts of perversion.
His second victim, a 17-year-old girl,
s still hopelessly confined in a mental
lospital — possibly doomed for life.
The question is not whether Chess-
mn was guilty. There is no reasonable
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pulous judicial attention to their own
delaying tactics — which took 12 years —
to claim that their delays constituted
punishment enough.
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man. The question is whether or not *
the* state — any state — should inflict
capital punishment for anything.
If there were some way that mon-
sters like Chessman could be kept safe-
ly under lock and key, society would
probably be more ready to abolish Capi-
tal punishment.
In California, a life prisoners e ligi-
ble Tdr_paroIe i n se ven ye ars^ glib*
TnanliFe Chessman probably would have
been freed, and by now would have com-
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handed down, and when a life term
means just that, the abolition of capital
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valid objection might be raised to the
execution of Caryl Chessman.
, One would be thartftere was a sub-
stantial doubt as to his guilt, a doubt
i which we do not think was present in his
* case. The other, of course, would be a
conscientious objection to capital pun-
ishment — an objection which would ap-
ply equally: tQ ail cases no matter how
clear the guilt or how heinous the crime.
NeitherSf these considerations has
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I i nonsense written about the Chessman
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* possibly with an eye to the sale of pa-
pers, has harped on the 12 years of
“indescribable mental agony" to which
Chessman has been subjected. What is
never mentioned is the fact that Chess-
man and his resourceful lawyers were
responsible for this 12-year delay. Thcv
availed themselves of every opportunity ,
e\ ery technicality, for appeals and stay>
* o t execution. Of course they werf
w ; thin their 'rights in doing this. But
w iy should^ American justice be damned
‘ by critics at ‘home and abroad because
it gives a condemned man every op-
portunity under the law to plead his
case? We cannot help but think that
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uct either of a monumental ignorance of
the facts pr of a sinister readiness to
seize upon any propaganda weapon if
it can be *used to belabor the United
States. * :
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| ten about the victims of this man’s per-
t verted crimes; why so much concern for
* Caryl Chessman, so little for the people
i whose lives he ruined? In all of the
frenzied chatter in Chessman’s behalf,
we have seVii not one word of compas-
sion for the. girl, 17 at the time, who was
o\ e of his victims. As a result of hofr
dreadful experience she has spent 1
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